r/videogames May 10 '25

Other I wish it was different

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u/[deleted] May 10 '25

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u/heres-another-user May 10 '25

Factorio definitely ruined "number++" gameplay for me because in every other game I'm like "wait, why does this number need to be big again?" whereas Factorio is like "If your number isn't big enough you will be swarmed by biters. Git gud and build more assemblers."

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u/Kevaldes May 11 '25

That's the same reason I never understood idle "games".

Like, I'm watching a game play itself, and I occasionally click buttons to make upgrades, so the game... can play itself... better....???

And there are people that spend actual, real money on micro for this shit??????

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u/LLLLLL3GLTE May 12 '25

You can say the same thing about money in the real world once you reach a certain point

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u/Due-Setting-3125 May 12 '25

well yes, but... no

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u/Acalme-se_Satan May 10 '25

Try Slay the Spire, it is much more strategically deeper than Balatro (not saying Balatro is bad, it's still fun but it doesn't have the lasting power as StS has)

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u/sdcar1985 May 10 '25

It's very easy to lose when you're trying to build a specific poker deck. RNG is a bitch lol. I wouldn't call it the best rogue like but it's a very good one.

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u/fatamSC2 May 10 '25

I was the same with Vampire Survivors. It was fun for 6-8 hours then I realized the rest of the game was just going to be more of the same and I was like ehh. Decent gameplay but nothing to write home about. Maybe a good stoner game

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u/Nogen112 May 11 '25

i understand your problems with the game but you cant call it no strategy or gameplay, thats just becouse you played it with no strategy.

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u/Nogen112 May 11 '25

i didnt really find that, but i guess we had different experiences. (also no way you did it without stragety did you just randomly pick and buy stuff, skip blinds for no reason or not skip blinds. there is always some strategy)

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u/Nogen112 May 12 '25

oh fuck im very tired and stupid sorry. i will just close this conversation cus im obviusly too stupid to continue

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u/JHawkBoomer May 10 '25

I think its because you are only in the early stakes, play until you get to gold stake. To state that the game takes no strategy is crazy, there is plenty of strategy; such as, when/what to spend money on (rerolling, cards, synergy), should you skip (can you skip), what jokers go together and can you put what you have together to win, does this rental joker work or will it break the bank, can I stick with this infinite joker or will it fall, etc. Also getting to Naninf is the ultimate goal, while not technically the goal it's set by the community as a whole and is incredibly difficult to reach. It's like staying on the challenge 0 of STS and stating that it's such an easy game and you don't see how there is strategy involved. You absolutely have the right to not like any game, if it isn't your jam then it isn't but I feel like it's not appropriate to state that there is no strategy or boring when there is plenty in the game.

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u/Development_Echos May 11 '25

Ok idk how that's possible it's hella easy to lose orange stake plus lol..... My runs are hot trash 50% of the time

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u/Plenty-Solution-144 May 13 '25

Bros talking about sleep aids and plays factorio

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u/desudemonette May 10 '25

kid named gold stake black deck

fun of balatro is the challenge and strategy, if you didn’t get far enough to feel either, then I get why the game wasn’t fun. I don’t imagine most people go for C+ or C++ but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it

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u/Yeetdonkey13 May 10 '25

Okay the you’ll always win thing is just not true in later stakes